Stadium Series Freezeout Weekly Final - High: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
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2020 PokerStars Stadium Series
Stadium Series Freezeout Weekly Final - High: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
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2020 PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Weekly Final - High: $530 NLHE [8-Max] Starts Soon
Welcome to the first day of the PokerNews live coverage of the 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series which will kick off at 7:05 p.m CEST. with Day 1 of the Freezeout Weekly Final - High: $530 NLHE [8-Max]. This 3-day event features a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 during this festival which has a $50,000,000 of guarantees spread out over the tournament series of four weeks.
Prior to this Weekly Final, a bunch of Stadium Series Heats have already taken place with several familiar names and faces running deep already. Players like Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, Tudor "tdr01" Lazar, Niall "firaldo87" Farrell, Jon "luckyfish89" Clark, Miguel "¿¿toneecho??" Seoane, and Tatiana "Mysters_Y" Barausova have made a final table already and will be looking to take this one down.
Michael "munchenHB" Telker, Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, and Cristian "Progre69" Sampaoli, have both already won a heat and are expected to join in on the fun today too, Top finishers in the Heats have gotten tickets to the coveted Stadium Series Sunday Finals so some of them will definitely be used for this Weekly Final.
Players will receive a 100,000 starting stack for their $530 buy-in and play 20-minute levels until there are 40 players left. As this is a freezeout tournament, no reentries are possible and the late registration period will remain open for the first 5 hours and 35 minutes of play. Day 1 will end after 8 hours and 50 minutes of play and Day 2 will resume at 5:05 p.m. CEST. When there are nine players left, Day 2 will break for the final table on Day 3 which will start at 5:05 CEST again.
Live coverage of the Stadium Series with hole cards and a 30-minute security delay will be available on the PokerStars Twitch Channel with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton. They will be joined by Sam "SamSquid" Grafton and Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger in the virtual commentary booth.
The PokerNews live reporting team will there from the starting whistle until the finish line so make sure to follow along with all the exciting action.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 60
Shuffle Up and Deal
Nível 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
The first Weekly Final in the High buy-in category has just kicked off with over 650 players in the Freezeout tournament already.
First Familiar Names in the Field
Nível 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
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"dritor95" Claims Early Victim
Nível 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
"NanoDawn" raised to 1,500 from the middle position and "dritor95" three-bet to 4,600 from the hijack. "minde_251" shoved from the button for 77,222 in total. The blinds and initial raiser all folded but "dritor95" made the call with the bigger stack.
"minde_251": 
"dritor95": 
The board ran out 
for "dritor95" to hold with the higher pocket pair to score one of the first eliminations of the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Nível: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
"Kkidmoney" Turns a Straight
Nível 2
: 300/600, 75 ante
"mokbob13" raised to 1,800 from the early position and was called by "dpsd05" in the middle position, "Pkt_Aces007" on the button, and "Kkidmoney" in the small blind.
It was checked to "mokbob13" on the 
flop who continued with a bet of 8,400 which only "Kkidmoney" check-called.
The turn brought them the 
and "Kkidmoney" checked again. This time "mokbob13" fired a bet out of 25,800 for "Kkidmoney" to respond with a shove. "mokbob13" called for the 111,499 they had behind with 
for trips fours and the open-ended straight draw. "Kkidmoney" held 
for the straight with a chance to improve to a straight flush or normal flush.
The river completed the board with the to keep "Kkidmoney" ahead and jump towards to the top of the leader board.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Nível: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
"__P0o_P0o__" Takes Out "babygotflop"
Nível 3
: 400/800, 100 ante
"babygotflop" raised to 1,656 from the cutoff and "__P0o_P0o__" three-bet to 6,568 from the small blind for the big blind to fold and "babygotflop four-bet to 18,400. "__P0o_P0o__" shoved with the bigger stack which "babygotflop called for the 97,900 they had behind.
"babygotflop: 
"__P0o_P0o__": 
The board ran out 
for "__P0o_P0o__" to flop the higher pair to eliminate "babygotflop" before the first break.
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